Staniszeweski was quickly reprimanded by Washington Mayor Brenda Davis, calling the remark "inappropriate" and "not very professional," the Observer-Reporter notes.

Though he did not deny sending the email, Staniszeweski released a statement in which he noted, "It's offensive and unprofessional for the Mayor to assume one definition of the word when there are multiple definitions."

Interestingly, Davis also responded to Staniszeweski's claim. "His response was that he sent it out and it wasn’t him saying Brian is gay. He said gay means happy,” Davis is quoted by WPXI as saying. “Maybe in the 1950s that’s what it meant, but we are in a new era now and that doesn’t represent the City of Washington.”

Exactly how effective Brown's anger management classes are going is questionable, given the series of<a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/chris_brown_drops_n-bombs_homophobic/218318" target="_hplink"> homophobic, racially-charged tweets</a> he sent out last December after rapper Raz, formerly of the group B2K, set him off. "@razb2k n---a you want attention!" he wrote. "Grow up n----a!!! Dick in da ass lil boy...Tell me this @razb2k!! Why when the money was coming in u won't complaining about getting butplugged! #homothug!!!"
Later, Brown wrote, "I'm not homophobic! He's just disrespectful!!!"